Search for dissertations about: "fairs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word fairs.

  2. 1. Vackrare vardagsvara – design för alla? : Gregor Paulsson och Svenska Slöjdföreningen 1915–1925

    Author : Gunnela Ivanov; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; arts and crafts; art and technology; industrial art; arts décoratifs; industrial design; history of design; household wares; architecture and engineering; housing problem; home furniture; romanticism; Deutscher Werkbund; Slöjdföreningen; Svensk Form; Swedish grace; IKEA; social aesthetics; Sozial Ästhetik; functionalism; reformation of museums; exhibitions; fairs; department stores; artefact use; taste; adult education; theological aesthetics; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; History; historia;

    Abstract : This thesis is structured in six chapters. Chapter I contains an introduction and includes purpose, theory, method, and concepts. READ MORE

  4. 2. Global Spaces for Local Entrepreneurship : Stretching clusters through networks and international trade fairs

    Author : Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas; Bengt Johannisson; Sven-Åke Hörte; Poul Rind Christensen; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; clusters; international trade fairs; proximity; networks; organising contexts; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Many of the insightful writings on clusters identify the role of entrepreneurs as key agents in the formation of firms and clusters. This thesis argues instead that local entrepreneurship is not ceased once firms and clusters are established; local entrepreneurship is about the continuous (re)creation of both businesses and clusters in global spaces. READ MORE

  5. 3. A Fair (Af)fair? On Subjectivation and Differentiation in Educational Capitalism

    Author : Martin Harling; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Marketization; partition of the sensible; investmentality;

    Abstract : In our time the school is organized with the market as a model and schools are operating on the basis of a marketized rationality, yet within normative frameworks of inclusion and “a school for all”. Then it becomes increasingly important to understand how markets and inclusion have been seen as relevant categories in education and what subjects and relations of power these categories assume and produce. READ MORE

  6. 4. Stories of masculinity, gender equality, and culinary progress : On foodwork, cooking, and men in Sweden

    Author : Nicklas Neuman; Christina Fjellström; Lucas Gottzén; Steven Jones; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foodwork; cooking; food studies; men and masculinities; gender equality; domestic work; culinary excellence; food; gastronomy; celebrity chefs; national identity; androcentrism; homosociality; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

    Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to use foodwork and cooking in Sweden as a way to better understand theoretical questions about men and masculinities. Paper I discusses how an increased public interest in elaborate cooking and gastronomy in Sweden, a country with a cultural idealization of gender equality, could explain why men in Sweden assume responsibilities for domestic cooking without feeling emasculated. READ MORE

  7. 5. Role of a dry port stakeholder network in intermodal transportation

    Author : Alena Khaslavskaya; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dry port; coopetition activities; dry port characteristics; Dry port concept; stakeholder network; intermodal transportation; stakeholder objectives; intermodal transportation challenges;

    Abstract : The concept of a dry port, which emerged from intermodal transportation research approximately 20 years ago, has gained popularity due to its financial benefits and positive environmental impact. The core idea behind the dry port concept is the establishment of high-capacity intermodal transportation in the seaport’s hinterland. READ MORE